Write a quote from any of your favourite philosophers.

Rosanne
My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be myself.

I was completely nuts for most of my life.

The fact that my grown kids like to hang out with me ? I mean, it just - I don't think it,really can get any better than that, I don't think ?


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KiK

The best philosopher I know is me ...Lucifer.... " In alphabetical order as long as the word God and LORD the last letter ends with"d" it shall be demonic powers ruling mankind till the Devil comes and destroy them all...

"As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become"

- jean paul sartre

also by Sartre (whom I love dearly)


"when the rich wage war, it's the poor who die."

Plato
Aristotle
Descartes
Confucious

Socrates.
Rain comes after the thunder.

Will Durant

“Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”

“We have here the fundamental problem of ethics, the crux of the theory of moral conduct. What is justice? -shall we seek righteousness, or shall we seek power? -is it better to be good, or to be strong?”

“And last are the few whose delight is in meditation and understanding; who yearn not for goods, nor for victory, but for knowledge; who leave both market and battlefield to lose themselves in the quiet clarity of secluded thought; whose will is a light rather than a fire, whose haven is not power but truth: these are the men of wisdom, who stand aside unused by the world.”
― Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy

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George Carlin

The Human Condition:


Human existence is, essentially, a cosmic joke. Humanity, as a whole, is not something to be admired, it is something to be mocked. Human beings are the most ridiculous animals in existence. Despite our capacity for knowledge, we live our lives in willful ignorance. Despite our capability to reason, in the short time we have existed, we have done more damage to ourselves and our environment than any other known species. Humanity has passed its unimpressive apex of achievement, and is now well into the decline that will inevitably lead to its extinction.



Politics:


The main function of government is to control a population. Governments are not interested in preserving freedoms or protecting or enhancing the general welfare of their citizens. The United States Government, as a whole, is a corporate-controlled, criminally minded institution that seeks only to promote the welfare of the ruling class. Voting, and the democratic process in general, is a waste of time as it is all based on the fallacious premise that elected officials are public representatives rather than corporate employees.



Religion:


Religion is a tool for control and exploitation. There is no factual basis for any widely held religious belief. Organized religions promote violence, ignorance and intolerance, while simultaneously acquiring enormous material wealth. Religious beliefs have little positive influence in human behavior, especially due to the fact that it is quite natural for Religious Organizations and their followers to promote beliefs and behaviors that are inconsistent, irrational, and at times, paradoxical.



Language:


Language is a dynamic, evolving, culturally created phenomenon. As such, it can serve as an excellent gauge of the overall state of a cultural mentality. In American culture, there is a trend toward increasingly euphemistic language that seems to create a false sense of reality by dissociating the signifier(word) from the signified (the thing the word describes).



Environmentalism:


Environmentalism is, as a whole, a pointless and arrogant human fixation. It is in our nature to destroy other forms of life in the process of destroying ourselves. Eventually, the earth and its environment, which form an organism of sorts with natural selection acting as a built-in cleaning mechanism, will correct the mild skin infection of humanity.

disagreement is something very normal

dalai lama


generally speaking I think if a human never shows anger then something is wrong. he is not right in the head.

dalai lama

I've been on an Augustine binge lately. "Love is the beauty of the soul."

"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."

"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."

"Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation."

I like Jean-Paule Sartre he is a great existentialist. Like him Dostoyevsky is a good one especially in the underground man.

Those who would sacrifice some essential liberty for some perceived temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.


Benjamin Franklin

Saint Francis of Assisi

It really is better to try understand than to be understood.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

In individuals insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is the rule.

Neitzsche

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

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Ayn Rand

Excellent choices!

Lewis Black



"Jerry Falwell said that the reason that September 11th happened, the reason that God allowed it to happen, was because of certain people in our country. People like, and I'm quoting, 'the pagans,' which is a motorcycle group. Feminists; he brought up feminists. [...] And I couldn't believe it, he said that God had actually talked to him and said, these were the people. That was the reason. It was those people, and that was the reason God allowed this to happen. And I thought, 'That's odd.' Because God had called me twelve hours before, and He said the reason He was upset was because of people like Jerry Falwell."
–Lewis Black

"Why would I be excited that a Democrat won? Seriously, over the past eight years the Democrats didn't do ****! Basically, the last eight years, I feel, the Republicans stood around farting; and the Democrats went 'Ooh, let me smell it.'"
–Lewis Black"

"In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in twelve years, we'll be voting for plants."
–Lewis Black